Grade 4 Earth and Space Science Topic: Earth’s Surface Content: The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.
Lesson Plans: Landforms in a Tub – ORC Smoothing Out the Rough Spots - ORC Weathering - ORC
Simulations: Create a world out of sand building mountains all the way down to the ocean. Add ice cubes for glaciers, a watering can for rain and a hair drier for wind. Have student’s record changes that they can see. – This is from Landforms in a Tub - ORC Just Passing Through - Project Wet A Water Race – Wetlands book
Literature: The Rock Factory: The Story About the Rock Cycle – Jacqui Bailey Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough – Natalie Rosinsky The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering - Richard Spilsbury - The Sun, The Wind and the Rain – By Lisa W Peters Text References: Wetlands – Pamela Hickman
Related Vocabulary Words: abrasion mechanical weathering chemical weathering biological weathering
Grade 4 Earth and Space Science Topic: Earth’s Surface Content: The surface of Earth Changes due to Erosion and deposition.
Lesson Plans:
Blowing and Flowing - This is a lesson from the ORC Website that has students create, observe, and collect data on erosion chambers.
Dirtmeister Science Reporters: Erosion – ORC
Landslides in Ohio
Simulations: Set a Sediment Trap – Wetlands book Create a downhill set up made of sand. Allow water to flow down it and record the data of how the water moves down the hill and where it moves the sand.
Literature: The Big Rivers by Bruce Hiscock Grand Canyon – A Trail Through Time - Linda Vieira Weathering and Erosion: Wearing Down Rocks – Steven Hoffman Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface - Robin Koontz
Earth and Space Science
Topic: Earth’s Surface
Content: The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.
Lesson Plans:
Landforms in a Tub – ORC
Smoothing Out the Rough Spots - ORC
Weathering - ORC
Simulations:
Create a world out of sand building mountains all the way down to the ocean. Add ice cubes for glaciers, a watering can for rain and a hair drier for wind. Have student’s record changes that they can see. – This is from Landforms in a Tub - ORC
Just Passing Through - Project Wet
A Water Race – Wetlands book
Websites/ORC sites:
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=11286 - ORC 4953
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=2188 - ORC 4960
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=9860 - ORC 5253
Literature:
The Rock Factory: The Story About the Rock Cycle – Jacqui Bailey
Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough – Natalie Rosinsky
The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries: Erosion and Weathering
- Richard Spilsbury
- The Sun, The Wind and the Rain – By Lisa W Peters
Text References:
Wetlands – Pamela Hickman
Related Vocabulary Words:
abrasion
mechanical weathering
chemical weathering
biological weathering
Grade 4
Earth and Space Science
Topic: Earth’s Surface
Content: The surface of Earth Changes due to Erosion and deposition.
Lesson Plans:
Simulations:
Set a Sediment Trap – Wetlands book
Create a downhill set up made of sand. Allow water to flow down it and record the data of how the water moves down the hill and where it moves the sand.
Websites/ORC Sites:
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=2179 - ORC# 4942
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/erosion/index.htm - ORC 9171
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/10/pdf/GeoFacts/geof08.pdf - ORC 511
Literature: The Big Rivers by Bruce Hiscock
Grand Canyon – A Trail Through Time - Linda Vieira
Weathering and Erosion: Wearing Down Rocks – Steven Hoffman
Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface - Robin Koontz
Text References:
Wetlands – Pamela Hickman
Related Vocabulary Words:
Sediment
wind erosion;
water erosion;
erosion;
vegetation;
ground cover;
deposition;
weathering